As in its parent game Kakerlakenpoker; Kakerlakenpoker Royal has nothing to do with poker – except that the game is all about bluffing; but with cards showing cockroaches; rats and stink bugs instead of queens; 10s and aces. To set up the game; shuffle the deck and deal the cards out to players. On a turn; a player takes one card from his hand; lays it face down on the table; slides it to a player of his choice; and declares a type of critter; e.g.; Stink bug. The player receiving the card either:
Accepts the card; says either true or false; then reveals the card. If this player is wrong in her claim; she keeps the card on the table in front of her face up; if she is right; the player who gave her the card places it face up before him.
Passes the card to another player; peeking at it first; then keeping it face-down and either saying the original type of critter or saying a new type. This new player again has the choice of accepting the card or passing it; unless the card has already been seen by all other players in which case the player must accept it and make a true/false claim.
The game ends when a player has no cards to pass on his turn or when a player has four cards of the same critter on the table in front of him. In either case; this player loses and everyone else wins.
To this; Kakerlakenpoker Royal adds new rules and new nasty royal critters to create more options for players during the game.